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as in desertion
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Recent Examples of defection
Rajiv Uppal's departure follows several high-profile defections from the tax agency since the beginning of the year.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Reshoots, two competing cuts and crew defections on the first season added $75 million to the already $160 million budget.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
The blueprint passed with a mostly party-line vote, 216-214, with only two GOP defections, giving another win to Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
Originally Published: March 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM EDT
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Report: UConn men’s basketball suffers first transfer portal defection
A CT man was doing 12 shots a day.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Reshoots, two competing cuts and crew defections on the first season added $75 million to the already $160 million budget.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
The blueprint passed with a mostly party-line vote, 216-214, with only two GOP defections, giving another win to Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
Originally Published: March 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM EDT
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Report: UConn men’s basketball suffers first transfer portal defection
A CT man was doing 12 shots a day.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defection
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Throughout its engagement with the OIC, the special envoy has prioritized the protection of human rights, routinely championing the equal rights of religious minorities and opposing laws that criminalize blasphemy and apostasy.—
Arsalan Suleman,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Aug. 2017
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Whether his parents realize the extent of his apostasy isn’t clear.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Lucia accuses Maggie of desertion at one point in this week’s episode despite Maggie not actually trying to desert.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Last February, a Russian anti-war project named Get Lost, which was created to help Russia's men evade or escape conscription in Ukraine, said cases of desertion from the military had increased tenfold that year.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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The Catholic Church faces similar challenges but so far has been able to avoid schisms by limiting the actual changes being made.—
Dennis Doyle,
The Conversation,
8 May 2025
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But as President Trump exerts near-total control over the Republican Party, and the country seems bitterly divided along partisan lines more than ever, the G.O.P. schism in Montana has attracted outsize attention.—
Will Warasila,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Volunteers advocate for children who have been removed from their home from either abuse, abandonment or neglect.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 May 2025
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The children’s parents — identified as a 53-year-old German man and his 48-year-old American wife, who also owned a German passport — were arrested and charged with domestic violence with habitual psychological abuse and child abandonment, according to police, per ABC.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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The second major structural change involves one of the hallmarks of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to SARS-CoV-1: initial scission at the S1 furin cleavage site.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
6 May 2022
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When the nucleus ultimately disintegrates, these pieces move apart rapidly and the neck snaps quickly, a process known as scission.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2021
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Season 2 finds the couple becoming the talk of the town after a cast trip to Vanderpump Villa leaves Demi facing accusations of infidelity.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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This case is about love, jealousy, infidelity and money.—
Jenna Sundel
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Meanwhile, China will take all necessary measures to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and firmly oppose 'Taiwan independence' separatism and external interference.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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There was a shining optimism to its sound, which mixed funk with the ecstasy of gospel, a little rock and a touch of psychedelia — as well as a vision of community and brotherhood that stood out in a period of political separatism.—
Rob Tannenbaum,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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Inconsistent Data Integrity Because of the name ‘artificial intelligence,’ there is a common misconception that AI is capable of original thought.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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And there's a (misconception) that these Pop Artists were having fun and being clever and not showing their soul.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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“Defection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defection. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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